Wood Floors

For the first six years that we lived in our current house, we had carpet all throughout upstairs. I was fine with it, never thought much of it. Sometimes, we tend to accept the norm and confuse it as what's best. That summer I came home from school and the carpet was gone. We had hardwood floors put in while I was away. It was so different, my room looked weird. It was an adjustment. In the beginning I found myself sort of missing the carpet floors. I had grown so used to them that it seemed awkward without them. Sometimes you don't notice what you have until it's gone. But after a short time I began to realize how much better the wood floors were. I realized the carpet was starting to look dingy, I no longer had to vacuum my room, and I could put socks on and slide around the house like Kobe in the guitar hero commercial (Which my little brother and I turned into "floor skating"). Now, I can't even picture what my room looked like with carpet if I try. I actually just remembered that I once had carpet, which kind of inspired this post. As irrelevant as that whole thing may seem, this isn't about the floor in my room, it's about change. Some of us are so afraid of it. A lot of us don't know how to handle it. Sometimes we try to hold on to something that is best to let go. It's important to remember that everything happens for a reason. Every person and everything serves a purpose in your life and they aren't all meant to accompany you on the journey. As tough as it may seem, it's okay to let certain things go. You can only move but so far forward while looking back. So often people stay in subpar situations because they've become used to it. Don't mistake familiarity for necessity. You'll adapt and adjust, it's human nature. There's no need to settle for subpar.
Conversely, there are the situations where people are so adamant about burying something that isn't dead. If it happened, it happened. Deal with it. You can still move on but let's not play pretend. It's okay to miss something. It's okay to express that. Suppressing that and trying to act as if it doesn't exist only hurts you. If you ignore the pain it will never heal. Your greatest weakness is your desperation to show your strength. Be human, it's okay. Change isn't something to be afraid of. Change is good, change is natural. The best way to handle these situations is not to force anything one way or the other. Roll with the punches and let human nature take its course. Before you know it, you won't even be able to picture that carpet floor anymore.
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates